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On Human Worth and Excellence (Hardcover)
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On Human Worth and Excellence (Hardcover)
Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459) was a celebrated diplomat, historian,
philosopher, and humanist scholar of the early Renaissance who
mastered ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as classical Latin. In
this treatise, dedicated to Alfonso of Aragon, King of Naples,
Manetti addresses a question central to the anthropology of the
Renaissance: what are the moral, intellectual, and spiritual
capabilities of the unique amalgam of body and soul that
constitutes human nature? The treatise takes issue with a popular
work of medieval asceticism, On the Misery of the Human Condition,
written by none other than Innocent III, one of the greatest of
medieval popes. The pope's diatribe expresses a revulsion against
human nature and argues for the futility of ambition, the emptiness
of pleasures, and the ultimate worthlessness of human achievements.
Manetti's treatise presents a comprehensive refutation of the
pope's pessimism, sometimes citing the achievements of the
Renaissance as evidence for the potential divinity of human nature
and its extraordinary capabilities. This edition contains the first
complete translation into English.
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